Turkish Protesters Warned to Disperse, but Still Hold Ground

By

Joe Parkinson and

Emre Peker

Updated June 13, 2013 8:18 p.m. ET

ISTANBUL—As thousands of protesters gathered nervously Thursday in Gezi Park here, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a final warning for them to leave, building on a political offensive launched the previous day to end the country's worst unrest in a decade.